Finds 1653
Main Information
| Finds ID | 1653 |
| Site |
Mersin-Yumuktepe |
| Area |
ID 659 settlement |
| Research event | |
| Finds type | small finds |
| Small finds category | tool |
| Small finds type |
Seal pintadera |
| Botany species | |
| Animal remains species | |
| Animal remains completeness | None |
| Animal remains part | |
| Lithics technology | |
| Lithics industry | |
| Lithics cores and preparation | |
| Lithics retouched tools | |
| Lithics unretouched tools | |
| Lithics raw material | |
| Obsidian | None |
| Obsidian amount | None |
| Pottery form | |
| Pottery detail | |
| Pottery decoration | |
| Pottery type | None |
| Amount | |
| Material |
bone |
| Confidence | None |
| Comment | stamp seals C14: 7493 +/-55 BP (6445 - 6240 calibrated BC); the larger ones were probably pintaderas with sometimes sophisticated shapes and carved designs; these are among the earliest seals in the Near East (the ones from Judeidah, Amuq and Sabi Abyad in Syria are all dated slightly later); a bone seal was found in the storage room A25; a carmelian seal was found; |
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